A/RES/54/85 Page 5 assistance of those agencies and organizations, a report on the action taken in implementation of the relevant resolutions, including the present resolution, since the circulation of his previous report; 17. Welcomes the adoption by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of resolution 574 (XXVII),4 in which the Commission called for the necessary mechanisms to permit its associate members, including small island Non-Self-Governing Territories, to participate, subject to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, in the special sessions of the Assembly to review and appraise the implementation of the programmes of action of those United Nations conferences in which the Territories originally participated in the capacity of observer, and in the work of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies; 18. Recalls its resolution 53/189 of 15 December 1998, in which, inter alia, it called for the participation of associate members of regional economic commissions in the special session of the General Assembly for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, subject to the rules of procedure of the Assembly, and in the preparatory process thereof, in the same capacity of observer that held for their participation in the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held at Bridgetown from 25 April to 6 May 1994; 19. Commends the Economic and Social Council for its debate and resolution on this question, and requests it to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee, appropriate measures for coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in implementing the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly; 20. Requests the specialized agencies to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution; 21. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the governing bodies of the appropriate specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations so that those bodies may take the necessary measures to implement it, and also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution; 22. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. 71st plenary meeting 6 December 1999 4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 21 (E/1998/41), chap. III.G.